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For those of you who have lived your entire Christian lives in the contemporary English-speaking Christian world, I’m sure names such as Jesus Culture, Hillsong and Planetshakers are no longer foreign. Walk into any contemporary church service in a...

“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joint and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” – Hebrews 4:12 NIV“All Scripture is given by...

In the previous part of this article, I have given you a brief history and overview of the various source documents for the Old and New Testaments that are used in most modern Bible translations. In the second part of this two-part article, I will no...

Hey everyone! I have a beautiful and touching story here that I want to share with all of you. Why don't you take your time to read through it and think about it yourself? Well, just read it to the end, even if you think that it may be irrelevant to...

It was recorded in the Bible that Jesus once said:“For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” – Mark 8: 36-37 NKJV“人就是赚得全世界，赔上自...

Dear readers, has any one of you heard of what a sadhu (Sanskrit: साधु) is?A sadhu in India In Hinduism, a sadhu is broadly defined as a religious ascetic or holy person who has renounced all forms of worldly pleasures, and whose sole ob...

If ever there was a single spot on earth that could sum up the entire traditional Chinese religion, where do you think that spot will be? If ever there was a single spot on earth that, according to traditional Chinese religion, would provide a direct...

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity) – such is the renowned and often cited motto of the modern Republic of France that embodies its very founding principles on the basis of fundamental human rights. Although controversi...

In a sermon delivered on 30 May 1792 at Friar Lane Baptist Chapel in Nottingham, a then relatively little known pastor of a Baptist church read a biblical passage from Isaiah 54:2-3, “Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the cur...

Tucked away in an old Hindu text dating back to the year 1306 is the following description:“He who owns this diamond will own the world,but will also know all its misfortunes.Only God, or a woman, can wear it with impunity.”Such was the curse of...